List of data types

The table below lists the data type for each field value and the corresponding C and C++ data types. The Field value under Data type shown in this table is indicated under the Format column in the Field table for each record.

Table 5‒6: Data type list
Data type		Size (bytes)	Explanation
Field	C and C++	Size (bytes)	Explanation
`char`(`n`)	`char(` `)`	1	Character data (`0x20`-`0x7e`)
`double`	`double`	8	Numeric value (`1.7E308` (15 digits))
`long`	`long`	4	Numeric value (-2,147,483,648 through 2,147,483,647)
`short`	`short`	2	Numeric value (-32,768 through 32,767)
`string`(`n`)	`char[` `]`	Number inside ( )	Character string that is `n`-byte long. The last characters are `NULL`.
`time_t`	`unsigned long`	4	Numeric value (0 through 4,294,967,295)
`timeval`	`structure`	8	Numeric value (The first 4 bytes and the next 4 bytes indicate seconds and microseconds, respectively.)
`ulong`	`unsigned long`	4	Numeric value (0 through 4,294,967,295)
`ushort`	`unsigned short`	2	Numeric value (0 through 65,535)
`utime`	`structure`	8	Numeric value (The first 4 bytes and the next 4 bytes indicate seconds and microseconds, respectively.)
`word`	`unsigned short`	2	Numeric value (0 through 65,535)
(Not applicable)	`unsigned char`	1	Numeric value (0 through 255)

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